Jazz Casual: Dave Brubeck 2000 film complet
On October 17, 1961, the popular and pioneering pianist-composer Dave Brubeck performed on Ralph Gleason's Jazz Casual, the television show that showcased some of the finest jazz artists in a half-hour of no-frills performance and conversation. Backed by the Lester Young-influenced alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, bassist Eugene Wright and drummer Joe Morello, Brubeck and his combo perform some of their odd-metered hits. Desmond's dancing ditty, Take Five is rendered in a faster tempo than the studio version. Brubeck's ragtime-flavoured (It's a) Raggy Waltz, highlights his percussive piano lines, while Castillian Blues and the Turkish strains of Blue Rondo a la Turk reveal his multicultural, compositional genius. Gleason, the show's creator and host, was a well-respected, San Francisco-based jazz critic and author. He remarks during the show that Dave Brubeck was a provocative, experimental, and interesting musician. That statement is still true today.
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